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Noah (2014)
Pretty terrible
The Noah myth is a classic story in Christian mythology. Why did they feel the need to change it around in such random and unnecessary ways? Why add all these strange elements (the rock monsters, the king on the ark, etc) which just confuse everything? I also found the actingrather uncompelling, as if they didn't want to really be there. Overall, pretty terrible. If you want a silly myth, just go back to the classic and read the Bible!
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Story just OK, music great
I thought the story, directing, and script were just average, but the movie was saved by Queen's music. There's no way I can watch a movie with that great music and not enjoy it, even if the movie otherwise is only just OK.
I did learn a bit about the history of the band, but I'm not sure I could trust the accuracy or fairness of the portrayal of events. And some of the choice of plots and acting was, again, just OK. Did I mention I really loved the music? :)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Atrocious
This must be one of the worst movies of all time, especially considering the considerable budget and the (presumed) talent of the impressive cast. I actually just couldn't watch it, I had to leave the room.
Usually while watching tripe like this I sit around having fun and criticising it to the rest of the family, but this was so bad I couldn't even do that!
I guess to be fair I should have watched it all before commenting here but really it was just too hard!
The only reason the well known actors would have got involved with this project was for the money, I guess.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Fairly tedious
I found the whole thing fairly tedious and quite a chore to have to watch. I spent half the time surfing the Internet instead. The story was occasionally amusing but just so slow and I just couldn't really care too much about the characters.
I think Johnny Depp is a fairly over-rated actor in most roles (with a few exceptions) but this really sunk to new lows. And I think Alan Rickman thought he was back in a Harry Potter movie because I couldn't tell the difference.
The music was just terrible - just noise really. I'm guessing they had a fairly decent budget so why not hire someone to write some music and words which are worth listening to.
OK, some of the visuals were quite good and the portrayal of London was suitably gloomy (if rather stereotyped) but that just made the whole story even more tedious.
Overall, a movie well worth avoiding!
King Arthur (2004)
Not impressed
If you're going to make a movie of this type you should try to make it historically accurate, have a good story, have good quality credible acting, and/or have some other artistic or aesthetic merit. This didn't really have any of that.
Maybe the worst thing was the constant abuse of historical accuracy even though it was sort of spun as being a realistic portrayal of the legend. Actually, now that I think about it, the fairly mindless story and one-dimension characters were almost as bad.
Not the worst movie I've ever seen but certainly pretty bad! I would far prefer the traditional Arthur legends with the magic and all that sort of stuff - at least they are more believable!
Derren Brown: Séance (2004)
Great stuff!
Its so refreshing to see a TV program which shows how paranormal phenomena really do happen. There are so many credulous, uncritical treatments of ghosts, ESP, and other supernatural events and so few that use skepticism to really examine what's happening.
This could have been even better, because it was made apparent at a couple of points that it was all a trick, but it was still very well done, and people who watched it at the same time as me who are a bit less skeptical than me were totally taken in until the end!
I will recommend this to anyone who believes in superstitious events to finally get a look at the other side of the story, and I want to see more of this sort of thing myself!